PC Gaming Getting Cheaper?

[V-Man]

HP and Dell pretty much having a stranglehold over the budget PC

LOLWUT
Perhaps, as Stupefy pointed out, people who don't know where else to buy a computer often go to Dell or HP, but trust me, they have no stranglehold on anything except "sheep" consumers and bloatware.

software is constantly becoming more and more expensive (at least as far as games go). Or so it would appear.

To the contrary, AssaultCube is constantly increasing its value for its cost!